Congress has lost its mind...

[classicman]

"What a horrible woman she is."

[xoxoxoBruce]

What the hell is the difference between kosher Bourbon and regular Bourbon?


edit; Shenanigans...

Straight Bourbon (Sour Mash is a variety of Bourbon) is acceptable. Some examples of Bourbons are Bookers, Basil Hayden, Bakers, Knob Creek, Jack Daniel’s, Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, Old Crow, Old Granddad, Old Weller, Wild Turkey.

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[TheMercenary]

A Rabbi?

[richlevy]

Food colorings and flavors may not be kosher. In general, the laws of kosher are concerned with the ingredients in additives going all of the way back to the natural source.

For example, the hard coating on some candies is made from bug parts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac)

Shellac is edible and it is used as a glazing agent on pills (see excipients) and candies in the form of pharmaceutical glaze (alternatively, confectioner's glaze). Because of its alkaline properties, shellac-coated pills may be used for a timed enteric or colonic release.[16] It is also used to replace the natural wax of the apple, which is removed during the cleaning process.[17] When used for this purpose, it has the food additive E number E904. This coating is not vegan and most likely not vegetarian either as it may, and probably does, contain crushed insects. In the tablet manufacture trade, it is sometimes referred to as "beetlejuice"[citation needed] for this reason.

So just like some fast food places using beef fat for french fries, you can no longer assume that a vegetable or fruit is 'vegetarian' or 'kosher'. I've never seen a 'these apples contain shellac' sign at my supermarket.

[Clodfobble]

There are also some fruit waxes that contain casein (derived from cow dairy.) Gotta go organic if you want to be sure, especially with apples.

[tw]

Originally Posted by richlevy

Food colorings and flavors may not be kosher. In general, the laws of kosher are ...

... being disucssed in a forum called Politics. Is that an accident?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Accident? No, exploring the details of the accusations, which appear to be bogus. If they repurchased booze they already had, to avoid miffing the Jews, it's politics.

[TheMercenary]

But Senator Bayh's explanation that recent events had convinced him that "there is too much partisanship and not enough progress" in Washington made entirely too much sense for it possibly to be true. After all, such a decision would be principled, maybe even noble - and in Washington these days, that sounds downright inconceivable.

The two issues Senator Bayh mentioned as straws that broke the camel's back were the failure to establish a bipartisan commission to force Congress to consider fixes to the federal government's long-term budget problems, and the collapse of a compromise jobs bill negotiated by Republican and Democratic senators. Both are excellent examples of politics taking precedence over what's best for the country.

No shit...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opi...0,246342.story

[TheMercenary]

Well no nanny state here...

Lawmakers working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants: a national biometric identification card all American workers would eventually be required to obtain.

Under the potentially controversial plan still taking shape in the Senate, all legal U.S. workers, including citizens and immigrants, would be issued an ID card with embedded information, such as fingerprints, to tie the card to the worker.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...WhatsNewsThird

[Happy Monkey]

I'm a big privacy fan, and no fan of Lindsey Graham, but this quote...

Originally Posted by Lindsey Graham

"We've all got Social Security cards, they're just easily tampered with. Make them tamper-proof. That's all I'm saying."

... has something to it. Social Security cards are pathetic. "Tamper-proof" isn't remotely possible, but it might not be bad to require more than a color copier.

Not that I support the whole proposal. I don't see the need for most employers to have your fingerprints on file, and if they don't have that, then there's no use for them to be on the card. And, while I see why the cops might have a different viewpoint, I certainly don't see the need for the government to have everybody's fingerprints on file.

[TheMercenary]

Look, anything that begins to apply more specific information is one step closer a non-republic state. It is the ultimate in the Big-brother take over of our system. Fuck that.

[classicman]

Some type of universal ID card seems like a good idea to me - almost like everyone having a passport. Whats wrong with that?

[Shawnee123]

merc is cold and frightened.

[TheMercenary]

Ha! I'm not even 50, yet.

[TheMercenary]

This guy really is a complete idiot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC211h9AY-4

Tell that to the 36,000 newly unemployed.. sheesh.